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This is very nice looking. It looks like some excellent #2 pine, very streight. Did "S" re-saw it any? There also appears to be a small space between each board, am I seeing this correctly or is it a shadow from a flash?

Mel, yes we (and by that I mean S) used spacers between the boards. I think the space is about 1/16th. You can actually see one of the oval-shaped spacers sticking out in the top right corner of the "scraping and stripping post" (http://thirtyeight20.blogspot.com/2011/11/scraping-and-stripping.html).

He didn't have to resaw any of the boards -- we get the wood from an Amish sawmill and they do a great job!

Expansion and contraction is one main reason for the spacing, and uniformity. We also like the look. I think that pretty much covers the reasoning? I was busy with the baby during that process, so other than demanding that the walls be paneled I wasn't paying much attention. :-)